Thomas Roussel-Roozmon is a Canadian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

Roussel-Roozmon began playing chess at the age of 5. He played for Canada at the 37th, 38th, and 39th Chess Olympiads.

In 2010, Roussel-Roozmon became the fourth Canadian-born player to achieve the Grandmaster title, which he obtained at the 2010 Chess Olympiad held in Khanty-Mansiysk.

Achievements

Roussel-Roozmon has a number of notable chess achievements:

  • 2010 Selected Canada's Olympiad National Team
  • 2008 Represented Canada at Olympiad
  • 2008 1st place, First Saturday Grand Master March, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2007 Grandmaster Norm at Quebec Open
  • 2007 2nd place, Quebec Open Championship
  • 2006 Represented Canada at Olympiad
  • 2004 Awarded International Master title
  • 2003 Canadian Grade 10 Champion
  • 2002 Canadian Grade 9 Champion
  • 2000 Represented Canada at World Under-12 Championship (9th place)
  • 2000 Canadian Under-12 Champion
  • 2000 Canadian Grade 7 Champion

Personal life

Roussel-Roozmon studied philosophy at the Université du Québec à Montréal.